Obama Calls for More ‘Openness to Refugees’ in Wake of Brussels Terror Attacks

Monica Sanchez | March 28, 2016
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President Obama is urging Americans to lead by “example” in “our openness to refugees” in the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Brussels last week.

“As we move forward in this fight, we have to wield another weapon alongside our airstrikes, our military, and our counterterrorism work, and our diplomacy… And that’s the power of our example -- our openness to refugees fleeing ISIL's violence, our determination to win the battle against ISIL's hateful and violent propaganda, a distorted view of Islam that aims to radicalize young Muslims to their cause," Obama said in his weekly address on Saturday.

"In that effort, our most important partners are American Muslims. That's why we have to reject any attempt to stigmatize Muslim Americans and their enormous contributions to our country and our way of life."

"It plays right into the hands of terrorists who want to turn us against one another," he added.

 

 

Similarly, Sec. of State John Kerry wants Americans not to fear the possibility of another terror attack in the U.S.

In a Saturday interview on CBS's Face the Nation, Kerry reassured U.S. citizens they are safer from terrorism than they are from the dangers of “daily life.”  

"The odds of being hit by a terrorist are far less than the odds of an injury in the course of daily life,” he said, “whether it's an accident in an automobile or a home or elsewhere. So people do not have to live in fear.”

Both the President and the Secretary's remarks came a day before the deadly Easter weekend terror attack in Pakistan on Sunday that left 70 dead and 340 injured. 

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